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NAIL. No. 328,515, Patented 0013.20, 1885.

JZiF J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. PERRY, OF SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA.

NAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,515, dated October20, 1885.

Application filed February 4, 185 5. Serial No. 154,905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM H. PERRY, of Sharon, in the county ofMercer and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Nails and Spik es; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification,1in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a plain nail or spike embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a like view of a nail or spike with indentations. Fig. 3 is a likeview of a modified construction of indented nail or spike, and Fig. 4 isa like view of a barbed nail or spike.

This invention has relation to nails or spikes made from wire blank, andhas for its object the provision of a nail of such a form or shape as tobe easily driven into wood, with but little or no danger of cracking orsplitting the wood, and which shall not be liable to turn or twist whilebeing so driven.

A further object of this invention is to produce a nail or spike whichwhen driven into the wood will take a firm hold on the fibers thereof,and thus be more likely to remain in position than are nails of thewell-known formation.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a nail orspike of such formation. that it can be made from wire blank with butlittle manipulation, two of the sides of the nail retaining the originalshape of the wire blank from which the nails are out.

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Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents the body of thenail, having two of its sides, a b, straight and parallel, and the othertwo, 0 d, convex.

B represents the head of the nail, which is either square or round. a

0 represents the point of the nail,which is formed by chamfering thesquare or round sides of the nail to a sharp edge, thus forming achisel-point, D.

The square sides of the nail are either plain or barbed to retain thenail in the wood, or they may be indented, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. These indentations are preferably in regular order on theparallel sides of the nail, and are formed by using a roughened orserrated roll for flattening the sides of the nails.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. As a new article ofmanufacture, a fiat wire nail, chisel-pointed, and having two of itssides parallel and the other two sides convex, the parallel or flatsides being indented or barbed, as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a flat wire nail having achisel-point, and two of its sides barbed or indented, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM H. PERRY.

Vfitnesses:

ABNER APPLEGATE, JACOB L. MILLER.

